Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-13


 State for Next Kear-NOIes.
 There seems to be an all-absorbing ques- ton just at present among great many in this city as to base ball for next season. It is difficult question to answer just now, al- though if New Haven is to have team it seems as though it was time for something to be done about it. But from the present outlook it is extremely dubious as to the formation of club. If this year the New Haven base ball association had acted in proper nanner-that is, in paying up what they owed-there might be said considerable
 that would be encouraging. Everything
 was said that could be to have the associa-
 tion act honorably in the matter, but to no
 purpose. By this it must not be construed
 that all the stockholders are included in not doing as they should, for there were several who did all that lay in their power to have long as they did they were out of pocket. Now that is one thing that will be serious hindrance to base ball for next season. Another thing which disgusted the lovers of this national sport was the kind ot a team we had. Pause moment and think of the players Have you ever found such | a coterie of veritable Fbum" players together ' | Haven team for 1887? Captain Anson of | the Chicagos told Manager Kelly if he kept ! those fellows together throughout the season he would be the greatest manager in the | country. There were few in the team who | were gentlemen, and acted at all times as I such.
 But, for all this, we may have team. | The possibilities for one are not near, to be | sure. There has been a scheme talked ot | by two men of this city and one from out of | it to start one. The men are experienced | and if they go in at all it will be with their eyes open and they will be sure that team | will pay.
 Danbury will have team next season, probably, and so will Waterbury. There is ! a movement to have new league formed ,one that will include teams from this State and f along the Hudson in York State. It is to be called the Central league if it Is organized. H. T. Smith, of the Sporting Times, has wis ited several places in the State in the inter I est of the new league. Mir Parsons, presi- dent of the Waterburys, is decidedly against ! the new league, preferring State league, ol \ have the old Eastern league reorganized with cities along the Hudson river to enter. MT ' Minor and Manager Fogg are also in favor o1 \ recognizing the old Eastern league. In Bridgeport there may be 8 team next \ season. It is understood that there are seve \ ral parties who are willing to put team il \ the field. Ex-President Robert Webber, o \ the old Eastern league, says: Ease ball is by no means dead here, and before the robins \ chirp again a club will be well under way. The following is from the Sporting Time' and means Bill Crowley of the old New Ha vens, who at present is at Oyster Point "Bil | Crowley, youngster who played good bal ! with the Buffalos about six years ago, is nov ' in the oyster business in New Haven. Bill, would like to sign again in some good towl where intoxicating liquors are not sold"
 "Gentle Willie" Murphy has served ou
 his sentence in Minneapolis and is again | free man.